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In forming the character of Hudibras , and describing his person and habiliments , the author seems to labour with a tumultuous confusion of dissimilar ideas . He had read the history of the mock knights - errant ; he knew the notions ...
In forming the character of Hudibras , and describing his person and habiliments , the author seems to labour with a tumultuous confusion of dissimilar ideas . He had read the history of the mock knights - errant ; he knew the notions ...
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He now busied his mind with literary projects , and formed the plan of a society for refining our language , and fixing its standard ; in imitation , says Fenton , of those learned and polite societies with which he had been acquainted ...
He now busied his mind with literary projects , and formed the plan of a society for refining our language , and fixing its standard ; in imitation , says Fenton , of those learned and polite societies with which he had been acquainted ...
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He prefixed a very ample preface in the form of a dedication to lord Dorset ; and there gives an account of the design which he had once formed to write an epick poem on the actions either of Arthur or the Black Prince .
He prefixed a very ample preface in the form of a dedication to lord Dorset ; and there gives an account of the design which he had once formed to write an epick poem on the actions either of Arthur or the Black Prince .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of Oxford world's classics Issues 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1952 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2009 |
| Length | 472 pages |
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